I’ve spent my entire adult life in a uniform. Whether it was in the United States Marine Corps or a firefighter and EMT right here in Horry County, my job has always been to run toward the fire when everyone else was running away. I’ve lived by a simple code: service, discipline, and straight talk. But as I look at the state of our country today, it’s clear that the biggest fires aren’t in our neighborhoods, they’re in Washington.

Career politicians have spent decades trading our future for their next election. They’ve let government spending spiral out of control, allowed our borders to become a sieve, and buried the American Dream under a mountain of taxes and regulations. For a Marine and a first responder, watching this happen is unacceptable. You don’t sit on the sidelines when your country is in trouble. You gear up and you get to work.

That is why I am running for the U.S. House of Representatives in South Carolina’s 7th District.

My mission is simple: Restore the American Dream.

This isn’t about catchy slogans or polished speeches. It’s about ensuring that the Grand Strand and the Pee Dee remain places where a man can work hard, provide for his family, and know that his children will have it better than he did. It’s about defending our constitutional rights, including our right to bear arms, without apology. It’s about ending the culture of endless wars and finally taking care of our veterans and first responders by ending the long wait times for care and tackling the suicide crisis head-on.

Washington doesn’t need more lawyers or life-long bureaucrats. It needs a fighter who knows what it means to sign the front of a check and what it means to bleed for this country. I’m not coming to D.C. to join the club; I’m coming to shake it up.

The oath I took to the Constitution didn’t come with an expiration date. I served you in the Corps, I served you on the fire line, and now I’m asking for the honor of serving you in Congress. Let’s stop the talk and start the work.